Thursday, 30 June 2016

Hello
everyone, Debs here with another Thursday project! This week I have a tag to
share. I've been playing with die cuts and thought I'd use some on the tag.

Here what I did

Using stencils with clear crackle paste I coated the tag, once completely dry I
painted it with metallic paint in blues greens, gold and copper. I blended the
colours so there were no stark edges.

While
the tag was drying I found some of my die cuts (sorry cannot remember whose)
and decided to use them as frames. I used a stencil and the paste again
randomly over the frames to create texture and one dry painted two coats of
paper rust.

I found
some vintage photos to go in the frame, but chose to leave some blank. I was
inspired by the room we had for our wedding, which was dark brown walls with
empty guilt frames arranged artistically.

On one
frame I added some lace and flower, I repeated the flower at the top for
balance.

I
didn't want to add words as I like to imagine who the people are, what's the
connection, and why are there some missing. Of course you know I put empty
frames but shhhhh, not everyone has to know.

Here's what I did...

1. I started by base-coating the ATC with Snowflake
paint, then I painted it with a couple of coats of Cherry Red paint.

2. Using the stencil brush, I stencilled the Metal
Grid Background and the Enchanted words with Bora Bora paint, blending a little
Snowflake paint on top. I used Snowflake paint to stencil the three Hearts,
then Little Black Dress for the Numbers.

3. Once the paint was dry, I replaced the stencils
one by one, and used the black Sharpie to outline the words, metal grid and
hearts, then the white Sharpie to outline the numbers.

4. I used a round paintbrush to add some splatters
of Snowflake paint, then sponged Little Black Dress around the edges of the
ATC.

Tuesday, 28 June 2016

I haven’t had much crafty time this week so thought I would
share with you another of the ATC’s that I made for That’s Crafty! recent launch
show on Hochanda.

What I Did:-

I
started with a That’s Crafty! white/greyboard atc and painted with acrylic paint. I
then stamped with brown Archival ink the texture stamp. I then stencilled the
drops using a clear texture paste. To each of the drops I added some tiny watch
parts and then let it all dry.

Once it was all dry I toned down the paint with Distress ink. I stamped the tap onto some stamping card, coloured with Distress
inks, cut out and added to my ATC.

I further embellished it with some old clock
faces and the sentiment I typed out on my old type writer.

This
week I have been in the process of thinking about some decisions I need to
make. Weighing up the pros and cons and
gathering information to help me make the right decisions. Nothing major, but on my mind none the less
and this has inspired my journal page. I
have stepped away from the bright colours to a more pastel palette which I guess
signifies a more reflective mood than usual for me and followed imagery which
has rectangles, circles and arrows all looking for balance. There is no single
feature image as this is about decision process not decision results instead I
have used a quote I thought particularly relevant.

I cut
up pieces of old card and ephemera and used gel medium to attach to the page.

Next I
gave it a light coat of gesso and when that was dry ran the Gelatos around and
inside the blocks of card so there was colour everywhere but mostly on the
edges of the card pieces.

Next I got out my box of hand carved stamps
and selected ones which suited my mood and stamped them in the paints in
co-ordinating colours.

So as
not to lose the edges of the first layer of card pieces I went round them
lightly with a blue water colour pencil to add shadow.

Next came Chit Chat words which reflect the decision process and my stamp which I stamped
on to stamping card, cut out and stuck on with the gel medium.

Sunday, 26 June 2016

The
Prima Christine Adolph Adhesive Wildflowers and Butterflies Rub-On sheet is
packed with images, varying in sizes. It
would have been too easy to neglect the smaller designs until I realised they
would work perfectly with the dimensions of the smallest Prima watercolour
paper pad.

Instructions

Rub the
Adhesive Rub-On onto the Prima watercolour paper pad followed by rubbing the
foil onto the design.

Mist
the paper with water before applying the Infusions. How you work with the Infusions is your own
preference, I tend to use lots of water and in this instance I also left some
white space peeking through. Leave to
dry before removing the paper from the pad.

Once
removed from the pad, dip the edges of the paper into Violet Storms, I worked
on the craft sheet to do this. I then
randomly stamped a netting stamp to give some depth and texture to the panel
but any stamp will do for this.

Create
a cardbase from watercolour paper and adhere the prepared panel.

To
finish, layer a ChitChat sticker with a fragment of fabric and a piece paper
(stained deli wrap stamped with French text, leftover from a previous
project).

Recipe:

Peel
the backing off both sides of the tag and stamp your chosen wild flower on the back twice,
using the grey ink. Once the ink is dry, paint over the top using green on the
bottom half and the lighter blue on the top half.

I
did try stamping the flower in colour on the front of the tag but the result
wasn’t punchy enough so I stamped the flowers on stamping card with the pink,
orange and green inks then cut the flowers out.

Stamp
the butterfly you choose twice on stamping card with the black ink and paint
with the china blue before cutting out.

Glue
the flowers and butterflies on as shown and you’ll need to trim some of the
flowers to fit.

Here’s
a close up so you can see the texture in the background, as it might not show
up as well in the main photo.

Thursday, 23 June 2016

Hi
everyone I've been playing in my journal this week with just paint and
stencils. You can can get great effects using minimal tools.

Here's
what I did

Using a
poppy foam stamp I created the background by stamping in 3 colours over the
page. This wasn't really done randomly, as I wanted to ensure that you got to
see the colours individually as well as a whole. I also wanted to leave some
white, so that it didn't go too dark.

I dried
the pages, and then using a stencil and
black paint I created the feature first; this was so that I could see
where would be best to stamp the sentiments, so that it looked balanced. I
wanted the women to stand out more from the background so used a white Gelatos
around their bodies which pushed them out from the background.

I also
used some background stencils to give more interest. I loved the way this tied
it all together, as before it wasn't working for me.